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we lost 130 americans, we did $80 million worth of damage just from hurricane sandy. we have a crisis. this climate chaos needs to end. that's a conversation we can have with our friends in canada because they're working like we are to reduce their carbon footprint. they're working like we are to improve their renewables and to do more with less. we need to partner around that and create jobs and a future in canada and the i didn't. we're going to do it. >> woodruff: the debate over this pipeline extension goes on. we thank you both for being here with us tonight. bob deans, scott segal, we appreciate it. >> thank you. ifill: more on >> ifill: as we heard earlier, legislation designed to curb gun violence is being hotly debated here in washington, and in some statehouses and city halls around the country. in fact, lawmakers in colorado, the site of past mass shootings in aurora and columbine, took up new legislation today. tonight we look at how communities there are reacting to all this. special correspondent megan verlee from colorado public radio has our report. >>
we lost 130 americans, we did $80 million worth of damage just from hurricane sandy. we have a crisis. this climate chaos needs to end. that's a conversation we can have with our friends in canada because they're working like we are to reduce their carbon footprint. they're working like we are to improve their renewables and to do more with less. we need to partner around that and create jobs and a future in canada and the i didn't. we're going to do it. >> woodruff: the debate over this...
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vice president biden attended a conference in danbury, just miles from sandy hook elementary school, where 26 people were killed last december. biden urged support for the administration's proposals to curb gun violence and he warned there is a moral price to pay for inaction. >> the president is absolutely determined, that the loudest voices will be for the voices of the people who lost their voice. they will be the loudest voices in this debate. we intend to speak for them; enough is enough. we have an obligation to act. and we are taking that obligation seriously, responsibly, and we're acting expeditiously. >> sreenivasan: we'll have more from our "after newtown" series later in the program. gunfire erupted in the heart of the las vegas strip before dawn today and when it was over, three people were dead and at least six injured. the shooting sent a maserati crashing into a taxi, sending that car up in flames. police said someone in a black range rover had opened fire on the maserati near several major casinos. there was no word on a motive. police in nevada and neighboring south
vice president biden attended a conference in danbury, just miles from sandy hook elementary school, where 26 people were killed last december. biden urged support for the administration's proposals to curb gun violence and he warned there is a moral price to pay for inaction. >> the president is absolutely determined, that the loudest voices will be for the voices of the people who lost their voice. they will be the loudest voices in this debate. we intend to speak for them; enough is...
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very enthusiastic about it. >> reporter: starting in 2010, she purchased guns that adam would use at sandy hook elementary school, including the bash master assault rifle. but guns were nothing new for nancy lanza. >> nancy knew how to use guns. her father trained her on 35 acres,. i have a sand pit, 35 acres, i have rifles and we'd shoot together. in fact, one of the activities at the cub overnight weekends was shooting 22s at a rifle range. i think that was the first exposure the kids haded to a firearm. and they thought it's fun, you know? target shooting is fun. >> you had them shoot? >> they all did. and adam aspired to be like his uncle. >> really? >> yeah. he was the nch the military, she was very proud of that and she allowed him to believe that, yeah, you're going to be like your uncle. and depending on how he turned out, sometimes people can overcome that with, i don't know medication, counseling, whatever. they can, they can and do and i think maybe she was hoping for that. and then one day she realized probably not too long ago there's no way this kid can do this. it's not for
very enthusiastic about it. >> reporter: starting in 2010, she purchased guns that adam would use at sandy hook elementary school, including the bash master assault rifle. but guns were nothing new for nancy lanza. >> nancy knew how to use guns. her father trained her on 35 acres,. i have a sand pit, 35 acres, i have rifles and we'd shoot together. in fact, one of the activities at the cub overnight weekends was shooting 22s at a rifle range. i think that was the first exposure the...
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six of the 18 recipients were educators who died trying to protect students at sandy hook elementary school. to help put this in focus, we are joined by lynn sweet. she's a columnist and washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times," and has covered the windy city for decades. lynn, welcome back. watching this event today t seemed a very personal one for president obama. >> margaret, absolutely. this was in the city that spawned his local career and in the neighborhood where he lived, he worked, he taught at the university of chicago. he was a state senator from that area. if we were there we could walk to his house from the school in a short time. go to the park where the girl was murdered. mrs. obama grew up not far from where he spoke. and mrs. obama is a true south cider. she calls herself that. he talked about that at the school. and you know, in chicago when you say you are a south cider, that is something you say with an enormous amount of pride. so obama by identifying with the neighborhood of which he adopt odd when he came to the city twice, first as a community organ
six of the 18 recipients were educators who died trying to protect students at sandy hook elementary school. to help put this in focus, we are joined by lynn sweet. she's a columnist and washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times," and has covered the windy city for decades. lynn, welcome back. watching this event today t seemed a very personal one for president obama. >> margaret, absolutely. this was in the city that spawned his local career and in the neighborhood...
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jill biden the wife of vice president is a teacher from sandy hook elementary school. kate lynn i believe is her name from newtown connecticut. and that reminds us of the theme of much of not only the president's remarks tonight but the guests tonight, mark. in the chamber. at least a couple of dozen of members of congress have invited either victims of gun violence or... >> or surviving family members including with the first lady. >> woodruff: we just saw michelle obama, the first lady, talking with one of those special guests. and again i'm reminded that's the mother of the 15-year-old teenager, young woman. she performed at the president's inauguration from chicago. she went home to chicago and then was gunned down in a shooting that was said to be just a mile or so from the president's house. >> that's right. and two people were arrested yesterday. >> woodruff: and one of the points the white house has been making is that gun violence is not something distant. it touches many many families in this country. that's one of the points. >> that's a realm where i think
jill biden the wife of vice president is a teacher from sandy hook elementary school. kate lynn i believe is her name from newtown connecticut. and that reminds us of the theme of much of not only the president's remarks tonight but the guests tonight, mark. in the chamber. at least a couple of dozen of members of congress have invited either victims of gun violence or... >> or surviving family members including with the first lady. >> woodruff: we just saw michelle obama, the first...
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. >>> the new town shooter to kill those children at sandy hook elementary? we'll have the latest clues on his motive tonight on >>> returning to money news tonight and the prospects are not good for a mortgage refinancing bill. the president wants to make it easier for homeowners to refinance mortgages back by freddie and fanny. it could run into trouble in the republican controlled house. >> a new report out tonight from the national association of home builders shows some confidence among builders is at its lowest point in more than six years. many builders are reporting lower numbers of prospective customers ahead of the usually busy spring home buying season. >>> d.c.'s tough law keeps working and moderate income people in their apartments. but for how long? bruce johnson reports that new apartments are not subject to rent controls. it's the same for existing vacant units. the owners can charge whatever the market will bear. >> jose was one of the few tenants left in this huge apartment building that sits in the middle of the city's thriving adam's mortg
. >>> the new town shooter to kill those children at sandy hook elementary? we'll have the latest clues on his motive tonight on >>> returning to money news tonight and the prospects are not good for a mortgage refinancing bill. the president wants to make it easier for homeowners to refinance mortgages back by freddie and fanny. it could run into trouble in the republican controlled house. >> a new report out tonight from the national association of home builders shows...